The Samsung 5000 has ended up exhibiting some odd quirks (TrueHD decoding limited to stereo output, for example), and just as the players have started showing up in any sort of quantity in retail channels they've announced the 5500. When LG announced the BH100 this time last year, a number of us guessed that it might be late 2007 before we saw really stable and feature-competitive combo players. It looks like it might take a bit longer, and if Paramount ever decides to change their HD-DVD stance it's possible that manufacturer interest in developing such players could taper off...